The Finance Monthly M&A Awards 2021

F i nance Month l y M&A Awards 2021 - GERMANY - - 56 - We speak with Andy Hillier – a Chartered Surveyor and the co-founder of DUAL Asset. Since founding his first property company in 1993, he has gone on to build companies in the IT, renewable energy and now insurance sectors. DUAL Asset was founded in 2013 and is part of DUAL Group and Howden Group Holdings, a global insurance group. DUAL Group is the world’s largest international managing general agent* (DUAL Group) with in excess of $1bn of premium. DUAL Asset is the largest provider of Title Insurance solutions outside the North American market. DUAL Group has offices throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the US. DUAL Asset’s products are designed to provide property title solutions for real estate deals, Title to Aviation, and Fundamental Reps coverage in corporate M&A transactions. The company’s Fundamental Reps policy sits either in excess of traditional Warranty and Indemnity Policy (W&I) or as a standalone product. Their clients include most of the top real estate funds and PE companies around the world. TRANSACTIONAL INSURANCE THE RISE OF Andrew Hillier Executive Chairman at DUAL Asset IN M&A DEALS EXPLAINED Andrew Hillier is the Executive Chairman at DUAL Asset. DUAL Asset specialise in providing transactional insurance solutions in Legal Indemnities, M&A, Probate and Aviation, and are backed by some of the most respected insurance companies in the world. DUAL Asset also created the first and still only legal indemnity comparison site in the UK.